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well from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are in store for barack obama's nominee for the cia head at his confirmation hearing in the senate which has just kicked off now it's already been interrupted by protests but it has now resume john brennan is widely seen as an architect of the u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around brennan's can of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad now that is after years of keeping it a secret as art and its you can reports confirmation might broaden the horizons for america's drone fleet. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability and their revolutionizing north america by loudly nice to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long docum
well from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are in store for barack obama's nominee for the cia head at his confirmation hearing in the senate which has just kicked off now it's already been interrupted by protests but it has now resume john brennan is widely seen as an architect of the u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around brennan's can of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror...
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so this is not being an anti obama thing but obama took the bush secrecy regime and expanded that by an order of magnitude everything including classification numbers have gone up the number of people being targeted for assassination has gone up the actual number of people we've been killing has gone up instead of torturing people we're just blowing them off the face of the planet so i think it's gotten worse under obama it has been just stayed the same and his affirmatively gotten worse john i want to address what the judge said in this case when she handed you the sentence judge leoni brinkema she said i think thirty months is way too light she goes on to say that this is not a case of a whistleblower. certainly when i accepted the plea in october of two thousand and twelve judge brinkema commented at that time in open court that thirty months was if it was a fair and appropriate deal. she. i can only speculate of course but in january just last friday the courtroom was packed with reporters and she may have seen an opportunity to to look tough in a case like mine that's one point
so this is not being an anti obama thing but obama took the bush secrecy regime and expanded that by an order of magnitude everything including classification numbers have gone up the number of people being targeted for assassination has gone up the actual number of people we've been killing has gone up instead of torturing people we're just blowing them off the face of the planet so i think it's gotten worse under obama it has been just stayed the same and his affirmatively gotten worse john i...
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well it's a promise we've heard president obama reiterate time and again since two thousand and nine from campaign speeches to state of the union addresses white house weekly addresses to town halls no more taxpayer bailouts never again will taxpayers be on the hook because a financial company is deemed too big to fail. never say never it appears that bank bailouts can and do still happen just in a form of covert backdoor deals that is here's what we found out last week turns out the new york fed said in a court filing that in july it had released in bank of america from all legal claims arising from losses in some mortgage backed securities the fed received when the government bailed out the american international group back in two thousand and eight so essentially mortgage lender a.i.g. was attempting to sue bank of america for billions upon billions of dollars for selling them toxic assets but the fed is getting in the way and not only is the fed getting in the way they're telling a.j. it can't sue and they are also refusing to sue the mega bank itself so if an institution as big
well it's a promise we've heard president obama reiterate time and again since two thousand and nine from campaign speeches to state of the union addresses white house weekly addresses to town halls no more taxpayer bailouts never again will taxpayers be on the hook because a financial company is deemed too big to fail. never say never it appears that bank bailouts can and do still happen just in a form of covert backdoor deals that is here's what we found out last week turns out the new york...
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confirming the obama administration but confirming john brennan and it's you director is. basically tape clean us all back to the same destructive policies that actually led to the american and to the near american defeat in the months down the same papa sees the end taking i say shit off allies we all know that you have to stay just work very closely with several countries in this region in order to secure afghanistan this included of course five stunt it included several countries in central asia it included russia and others but it with each of these countries the united states and the policies the kind of policies that the cia particular purse you would really in antagonized all of these key u.s. allies and made the u.s. mission in afghanistan very very difficult so by confirming and by picking john brennan the united states administration is basically is telling everybody you know what i will continue to do would pursue policies unilaterally and these policies would be quite similar to the ones that actually antagonize many of the americas though as in this region so
confirming the obama administration but confirming john brennan and it's you director is. basically tape clean us all back to the same destructive policies that actually led to the american and to the near american defeat in the months down the same papa sees the end taking i say shit off allies we all know that you have to stay just work very closely with several countries in this region in order to secure afghanistan this included of course five stunt it included several countries in central...
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a champion of drone strikes and barack obama's pick to head the cia john brennan faces senate confirmation hearing this week the session started hard but it wasn't lawmakers who were the most vocal from the onset ages and catcalls erupted from the audience until the judge ordered the protesters to be removed lawmakers then poked and prodded brennan on torture cia shot comings and targeted executions so similarly reluctant to challenge him on his answers but given his performance at the senator's call and after column cavell says his confirmation could set a troubling president was going on this is a complete of our constitutional rights under the fourteenth amendment do grant so those are more an equal protection of the law and yet all the ministration is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizens and so we can be judge jury and executioner we can show american citizens abroad without them having their court we can say they are jurors and we can go through the danger and this is one of the good ministrations is we can determine who the jurors . really were and juli
a champion of drone strikes and barack obama's pick to head the cia john brennan faces senate confirmation hearing this week the session started hard but it wasn't lawmakers who were the most vocal from the onset ages and catcalls erupted from the audience until the judge ordered the protesters to be removed lawmakers then poked and prodded brennan on torture cia shot comings and targeted executions so similarly reluctant to challenge him on his answers but given his performance at the...
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a champion of drone strikes and barack obama's pick to head the cia john brennan faces senate confirmation hearing this week the session started hard but it was. and lawmakers who were the most of the local from the onset jazz and catcalls erupted from the audience until the judge ordered the protesters to be removed lawmakers then poked and prodded brennan on torture cia shot comings and targeted executions similarly reluctant to challenge him on his long service but given his performance at the senate activists and author david swanson a surprise he was nominated in the first place. someone who was deemed unacceptable four years free v.s.p. close of his involvement in torture and rendition is now acceptable because he engages in a program of murder and the goodness of the murder outweighs the bad list of the torture recent polls found that while only twenty four percent of americans support killing americans with drones eighty three percent support killing nine americans with drones there is a clear bias you can do the math and see what percentage of americans are bigots were i dragged b
a champion of drone strikes and barack obama's pick to head the cia john brennan faces senate confirmation hearing this week the session started hard but it was. and lawmakers who were the most of the local from the onset jazz and catcalls erupted from the audience until the judge ordered the protesters to be removed lawmakers then poked and prodded brennan on torture cia shot comings and targeted executions similarly reluctant to challenge him on his long service but given his performance at...
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and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is bound to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and it's a battle of david and goliath proportions monsanto versus small farmers coming up a look at the biotech giants battle with small farmers over seeds. it's thursday february fourteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. we began zeroing in on a massive piece of equipment that could transform the way the military conducts its missions drones have made their way into the mainstream conversation as senators demand more transparency on the thus far secret drone campaign as of now we have a drone bases in places like pakistan and djibouti africa and as covert drone warfare becomes a critical foreign policy strategy we can expect even more of these bases to pop up but what if you didn't need to set up a base in these volatile countries well that could be the case of drone aircraft carriers were put to use you are looking at the navy's x. fort
and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is bound to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and it's a battle of david and goliath proportions monsanto versus small farmers coming up a look at the biotech giants battle with small farmers over seeds. it's thursday february fourteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. we began zeroing in on a...
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yielding to an angry congress president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says justify his policy of ordering talkative killings of suspected terrorists us all make have been demanding the files for yes but the president had staunchly refused recently however some senators hinted they would block his nominee from taking office john brennan the man behind the u.s. joining program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and then as you can report says confirmation one born in the horizon on marriage has strong feet. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream with drone makers and the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing. by allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing mac
yielding to an angry congress president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says justify his policy of ordering talkative killings of suspected terrorists us all make have been demanding the files for yes but the president had staunchly refused recently however some senators hinted they would block his nominee from taking office john brennan the man behind the u.s. joining program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and then as you can...
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right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the obama administration's ruthless drone war which has replaced the bush administration's detention programs and torture programs and so it doesn't seem like that much of a contradiction now brennan and george tenet and george bush and president obama seem all on the same pile and you know you started to get at this point earlier but i want to talk a little bit about these actual programs that the u.s. government has been using for example the drone strikes when you look at their use i mean some critics have said that this in fact creates more terrorism because people ar
right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the...
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president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to mizzen was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bakers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about the sequester and how this is going to get our military we will have nonstop propaganda being a bombarded out of the people the fear of reducing the budget of the military so i'm absolutely confident that whoever is secretary of defense will have a very very loose pocketbook to spend to keep spending us into oblivion and remember we try to give you the chance to
president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to mizzen was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social...
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price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something. to united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war their intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a quiet because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under th
price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if...
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most congress and president obama have said immigration reform must happen here in the u.s. but will the plan include a guest worker program will shine a light on a dark history of the past worker programs coming up. it's monday february eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you're watching r.t. well it's not a bird not quite a plane it's an unmanned aerial vehicle that's dominating newspaper headlines cable coverage and confirmation hearings these days but it's not necessarily the surveillance aspects that has everyone riled up if the cold blooded characteristics of this machine that has the networks talking. officials inside the justice department have drafted a document saying the president has the legal authority to use drones the american government is launching a new war some of this country's seventy five hundred drones may be about to take off with new targets in their sights the secrecy lack of transparency and lack of oversight of the drone program the issue of drones and extrajudicial killings has become so mainstream that even former defense se
most congress and president obama have said immigration reform must happen here in the u.s. but will the plan include a guest worker program will shine a light on a dark history of the past worker programs coming up. it's monday february eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you're watching r.t. well it's not a bird not quite a plane it's an unmanned aerial vehicle that's dominating newspaper headlines cable coverage and confirmation hearings these days but it's not...
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president barack obama will hand over classified documents that justify his use of drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists this comes as a john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing as head of the cia artie's gammage again takes a look at why washington's drone policy stretches far beyond the country's boundaries. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing north america by allowing us to see and kill from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television touting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individual since two thousand and one using re
president barack obama will hand over classified documents that justify his use of drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists this comes as a john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing as head of the cia artie's gammage again takes a look at why washington's drone policy stretches far beyond the country's boundaries. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military...
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now from a drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for the cia head and his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protect u.s. drone strategy an effort to avoid scrutiny around the brandons candidacy the u.s. president has even agreed to when there's a classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after years of keeping it secret it's all a tease coming to the kind of courts confirmation by broaden horizons america's drone fleets. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing. allowing us to see. from the way a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of
now from a drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for the cia head and his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protect u.s. drone strategy an effort to avoid scrutiny around the brandons candidacy the u.s. president has even agreed to when there's a classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after years of keeping it secret it's all a tease coming to the kind of courts...
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wasn't the only one chipping away at president obama's reputation in b.c. and fox news are among some of the other stations to air out their frustrations with the commander in chief yes president obama promised transparency in his administration but when it comes to policies and actions that is is he really required to share every detail of his personal doings with the media as well and most importantly why is the media so stuck on the fact that they can't have pictures of him goal thing when there are other more legitimate threats to transparency that deserve the media's attention frankly the ever outspoken christopher chambers joined me earlier for a critique at the media's criticism of the president he's a journalism professor at georgetown university and began by explaining why there is such a this has been such a big story take a look. he's stepped into this he has created a situation where it's basically he's the catalyst for that perfect storm because he has asserted again and again that he has the most transparent presidency in recent memory which i
wasn't the only one chipping away at president obama's reputation in b.c. and fox news are among some of the other stations to air out their frustrations with the commander in chief yes president obama promised transparency in his administration but when it comes to policies and actions that is is he really required to share every detail of his personal doings with the media as well and most importantly why is the media so stuck on the fact that they can't have pictures of him goal thing when...
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president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says that justify his policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years but the president has staunchly refused to strike but risen do some senators had hinted they would block his nominee for cia chief from told loftus john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and as artie's damage can his confirmation could only broaden the horizon america's role. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability and their revolutionizing work. by allowing us to see and . from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television carrying the techno. logical capabilities of the killing
president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says that justify his policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years but the president has staunchly refused to strike but risen do some senators had hinted they would block his nominee for cia chief from told loftus john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and as artie's damage...
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unify or willing to sit down for talks with asad a strictly one sided solution although recently the obama administration has taken a more distant tone on syria perhaps thanks to fallout from other arab spring countries like libya and egypt the nuclear ambitions of iran and north korea remain high on the agenda especially with north korea's recent underground test but again while both russia and the u.s. condemn any nuclear steps or weaponization the two differ greatly on how to deal with them russia's against threats of more sanctions or further isolation while the u.s. has gone as far as saying military intervention it's not off the table especially in the case of iran in europe and u.s. plans to expand on missile defense systems and russia's concerns over its national security are considered the number one issue to have sidetracked a so-called reset but a shadow over by lateral relations is now russian children adopted by american parents the latest russian child to die might seem mean three years old only moscow was informed of the tragedy a month after mark seems death his legs head a
unify or willing to sit down for talks with asad a strictly one sided solution although recently the obama administration has taken a more distant tone on syria perhaps thanks to fallout from other arab spring countries like libya and egypt the nuclear ambitions of iran and north korea remain high on the agenda especially with north korea's recent underground test but again while both russia and the u.s. condemn any nuclear steps or weaponization the two differ greatly on how to deal with them...
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still has obama i think by the true call that i will do its utmost to prevent obama for a making any real serious concessions or entering in through a statesmanship diplomacy with the islamic republic of iran we have heard some optimistic language john kerry stating in a meeting in london or during a briefing with reporters that he wants mutual respect with iran however if we look at the behavior if you look at the offers which were made i understand that the lifting of sanctions but rather giving of sanctions i think that the pro israeli roy and the israeli club if i could say in general still has a significant amount of control and leverage on u.s. policy towards iran and five plus one talks and if this trend continues i don't think we could expect much because iran has made it clear that it will not be all down to talks or to pressures with a gun pointed at its head you know syria i mean it seems to me that you know here after year month after month we seem to be sort of experiencing the same kind of situation over and over again what hope is there for progress if as you say the u
still has obama i think by the true call that i will do its utmost to prevent obama for a making any real serious concessions or entering in through a statesmanship diplomacy with the islamic republic of iran we have heard some optimistic language john kerry stating in a meeting in london or during a briefing with reporters that he wants mutual respect with iran however if we look at the behavior if you look at the offers which were made i understand that the lifting of sanctions but rather...
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weekend thousands demonstrated in washington demanding action on climate change they hope president obama will take action while they were marching he was playing golf with oil executives so what does this mean for climate change policy. and animal rights groups say conditions inside slaughterhouses and farms here in the u.s. are horrible and insiders who spend time working on a farm joins us to share his story. and what a way south florida university of private prison corporation in football have in common ahead it involves money and naming rights we'll look into the connection coming up. it's a blend very february twentieth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching. begin today taking a look at why environmentalists are outraged over president obama's recent poll trip as tens of thousands of americans descended upon washington d.c. to protest the keystone x.l. pipeline we find out days later president obama was goal thing out of florida result with tiger woods and oil bigwigs among his golf buddies jim crane and milton carroll both prominent figures in the texas o
weekend thousands demonstrated in washington demanding action on climate change they hope president obama will take action while they were marching he was playing golf with oil executives so what does this mean for climate change policy. and animal rights groups say conditions inside slaughterhouses and farms here in the u.s. are horrible and insiders who spend time working on a farm joins us to share his story. and what a way south florida university of private prison corporation in football...
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a champion over drone strikes on barack obama's choice to head the cia john brennan faced his senate confirmation hearing this week there was tension in the room as the session got on the way but it wasn't the lawmakers who were the most vocal from the onset jason catcalls erupted from the audience to judge the protests to be moved lawmakers then prodded brennan on torture cia shortcomings and targeted executions seemingly reluctant to challenge his own says given brennan is a performance at the senate on and off the current travel says his confirmation could set a troubling precedent. this is a complete our constitutional rights. due process of those laws and equal protection of the law and here within ministration is doing here is they're usurping the constitutional right not to the maccan citizens and saying that we can be judged jury and executioner we can show american citizens abroad without them having. court we can say they are jurors and we can go there and the dangerous is when you look at ministration says we can determine who the jurors then that means go in the room or a
a champion over drone strikes on barack obama's choice to head the cia john brennan faced his senate confirmation hearing this week there was tension in the room as the session got on the way but it wasn't the lawmakers who were the most vocal from the onset jason catcalls erupted from the audience to judge the protests to be moved lawmakers then prodded brennan on torture cia shortcomings and targeted executions seemingly reluctant to challenge his own says given brennan is a performance at...
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and it's often called president obama's proud jewel of achievements during his first term health care reform but is obamacare actually the answer to us that the us healthcare crisis are four on that coming up. it's monday february fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r t today marks john kerry's first official day as the sixty eighth secretary of state and perhaps not a moment too soon topping secretary kerry's agenda is the push to restart peace talks between israelis and palestinians and in the more immediate future he plans to address the volatile situations in egypt and also in north africa his appointment comes amid dropping u.s. approval ratings in the middle east something that hillary clinton addressed last week. some of the success is that being attributed to you is mending or fix in you know it's the it's relation with an open muslim or yet the statistics contradict that if you look at the pew set this it shows that actually your favoritism in compared to the bush administration is lower and in countries like turkey and other places so what
and it's often called president obama's proud jewel of achievements during his first term health care reform but is obamacare actually the answer to us that the us healthcare crisis are four on that coming up. it's monday february fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r t today marks john kerry's first official day as the sixty eighth secretary of state and perhaps not a moment too soon topping secretary kerry's agenda is the push to restart peace talks between...
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but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan you mentioned john brennan and i want to ask you about him the future head of the cia what kind of a cia chief is he going to be in your opinion i think he's going to be someb
but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director...
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of the iraq war and the jewish lobby some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job he's going to. chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find in louisville all that apologizing and repenting behind and he had to do a lot of that to get the job has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel allowed himself to oppose the surge in iraq or to criticize israel's policies to oppose seeing war with iran as an option but as the president's nominee for the defense secretary position he backtracked on much of what he had said before and did it as as even his supporters noted in a rather clumsy way but in a way that showed how much he wanted the job and the whole confirmation process including the attack campaign against him including the filibuster ten days ago showed how intolerant the u.s. congress is of alternative thought on foreign policy ten days ago the senators knew quite well that chuck
of the iraq war and the jewish lobby some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job he's going to. chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find in louisville all that apologizing and repenting behind and he had to do a lot of that to get the job has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel...
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another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest possible today and coming up later this hour oakland where truck cable stuns up to being all but hung out to dry in a base had autism stand off. and also lay so one well fat is on fat u.k. unemployment benefits lead to generations giving up want to go into one because it's more lucrative to take government handouts basons much more after the break. we speak your language any time of the war not a day of. news programs and documentaries in spanish more matches to you breaking news a little too much of angles to the stories. here. to try to alter the spanish find out more visit. all teeth. pulled. this is honestly life for most kids good to have you with us let's move on now having tried this stick it will reportedly be the current for iran today as world powers meet with tehran's nuclear representatives in kazakhstan and according to sources the islamic republic will even be offered a less helpful sunshines of tehran shuts down a fortified nuclear site bearing in a moment to hold some of its enrichme
another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest possible today and coming up later this hour oakland where truck cable stuns up to being all but hung out to dry in a base had autism stand off. and also lay so one well fat is on fat u.k. unemployment benefits lead to generations giving up want to go into one because it's more lucrative to take government handouts basons much more after the break. we speak your language any time of the war not a day of....
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john brennan barack obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing this week while critics accused lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride and some members of the public weren't shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising you toasters accusing brennan of being of a driving force by. and the so-called targeted killing operations human rights activists claim the using drones against suspected terrorists is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties after demonstrators were removed from the hall lawmakers questioned brennan on torture and cia shortcomings however critics claim that these inquiries seem strictly ceremonial scholar and author calling a value says that given brennan's views and his confirmation could it set a troubling precedent. this is a complete denial of our constitutional rights under the fourteenth amendment due process of law and equal protection of the law and yet when the administration is doing here is there usurping the. united
john brennan barack obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing this week while critics accused lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride and some members of the public weren't shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising you toasters accusing brennan of being of a driving force by. and the so-called targeted killing operations human rights activists claim the using drones...
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calls engineers are set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing but obama's hand picked men seemingly spared to topple questions over drones and torture and targeted at situations. tens of thousands marched on spaces streets and made calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts or sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and even strikes on the day of the funeral of the opposition leader whose murder unleashed the new anti-government sentiment. and a draft bill in the u.k. aims to open up private online communications to the authorities but there are concerns that that's taking national security system too far. if one pm here in moscow you live with us on our with me to bomb let's say. it wasn't quite the grilling that many had predicted as president obama's pick to head the cia face the senate in his confirmation hearing the session began with taunts and cheers before the audience was cheered out well makers and poked
calls engineers are set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing but obama's hand picked men seemingly spared to topple questions over drones and torture and targeted at situations. tens of thousands marched on spaces streets and made calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts or sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and...
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from the leaked list memo of the revelation of obama's disposition matrix and recently john brennan's appointment as the new cia director one aspect of the ever evolving war on terror that seems to stand out more and more is the increasing use of drone warfare so we've compiled our favorite clips from the past shows that highlight just how deadly these unmanned robots are take a look. all right here's the latest news on the war on terror front u.s. drones killed three militants in pakistan's taliban controlled region of north waziristan and by militant i mean the term that the white house uses for any human being blown to pieces by a u.s. missile not only has the perpetual use of drones over pakistan yemen somalia killed countless innocent civilians but the operations are planting the seeds of resentment in the us terrorism against the u.s. among the civilian populations of these countries so what the whole day is right around the corner let's talk about what's on president obama's wish list this year my guess is that it's an upgrade of his favorite toy killer unmanned robots which is
from the leaked list memo of the revelation of obama's disposition matrix and recently john brennan's appointment as the new cia director one aspect of the ever evolving war on terror that seems to stand out more and more is the increasing use of drone warfare so we've compiled our favorite clips from the past shows that highlight just how deadly these unmanned robots are take a look. all right here's the latest news on the war on terror front u.s. drones killed three militants in pakistan's...
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president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt a position of purely beaton's we s
president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but...
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senators are demanding that president obama hand over classified papers dealing with drone strikes last night the obama administration's legal justification for targeting american citizens abroad was leaked to the press the details ahead. and the wheels on new york city buses are not going round and round that's because the drivers are on strike demanding better pay and employee protections will tell you who's being thrown under the bus while the workers continue their walk out. in a good bye for internet prodigy a solemn promise from those left behind to fight for internet freedom hundreds gathered on capitol hill last night to remember the life and legacy of aaron swartz our t. was there and will tell you who also was. it's tuesday february fifth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team. we begin today taking a look at drone strikes targeting american citizens a confidential justice department memo just released reveals the legal justification for the government to conduct these strikes perhaps the most controversial part of the memo is the government
senators are demanding that president obama hand over classified papers dealing with drone strikes last night the obama administration's legal justification for targeting american citizens abroad was leaked to the press the details ahead. and the wheels on new york city buses are not going round and round that's because the drivers are on strike demanding better pay and employee protections will tell you who's being thrown under the bus while the workers continue their walk out. in a good bye...
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under fire president obama's pick for a cia director is on the hill. ben's on everything from the kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at john brennan's record. like father like son rand paul might have followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a lawmaker but what about his stances and a look at what paul preaches when it comes to foreign policy. thursday february seventh four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. . live again today taking a look at drones in the role they play in achieving u.s. foreign policy goals it's an issue we've covered extensively here at r t and finally making its way into the mainstream conversation on order to operate operate these unmanned aircraft the u.s. needs military bases relatively close to the plan targets well it turns out the u.s. has had one such base in saudi arabia for over two years where in saudi arabia well that is still a mystery but chances are you had no idea it existed and that's because it's been somewhat of a secret apparently many media outlets knew
under fire president obama's pick for a cia director is on the hill. ben's on everything from the kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at john brennan's record. like father like son rand paul might have followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a lawmaker but what about his stances and a look at what paul preaches when it comes to foreign policy. thursday february seventh four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. . live again today taking a...
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stunt from obama's cybersecurity so you can. curate his policies analysis that's a tough one every now and again down to up at second position here it's all about espionage well that's fairly easy to believe a thirteen percent down to the orange or yellow a glimpse into world war three i think perhaps i'm getting a bit dramatic down to the fourth position of the bare minimum saying that a world between washington and beijing a cyberwarfare president obama is sending a very clear warning to china while we're still taking your votes that are to dot com we love it when you get involved to let us know what you think and for the meanwhile i'll be back with more global news after a very short break. it's technology innovations all the latest developments from around russia we've. covered. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought . i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. more news today. thes
stunt from obama's cybersecurity so you can. curate his policies analysis that's a tough one every now and again down to up at second position here it's all about espionage well that's fairly easy to believe a thirteen percent down to the orange or yellow a glimpse into world war three i think perhaps i'm getting a bit dramatic down to the fourth position of the bare minimum saying that a world between washington and beijing a cyberwarfare president obama is sending a very clear warning to...
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positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars for the administration service had an increased chance of representing the united states and western europe and a smaller chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process see the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most part unlikely to be considered so what is the quote unquote price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends and monaco topped the list with a level of personal contributions at six point two million dollars the price was quote unquote the price for a position in the u.k. the authors find appears to live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg that tiny but very wealthy european country for example is valued as three point one million dollars dollars in direct contributions and appointment to portugal was p
positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars for the administration service had an increased chance of representing the united states and western europe and a smaller chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process see the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most...
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under fire president obama's pick for cia director is on the hill today answering tough questions on everything from a kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at yon brennan's record. setting south of the border the u.s. is spending tens of billions of dollars on the war on drugs and that battle is now being fought all over latin america will break down the cost of these missions and ask if they are really accomplishing anything. it's thursday february seventh five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r t. we begin today taking a look at drones and the role they play in achieving u.s. foreign policy goals it's an issue with covered extensively here at r.s.c. and finally making its way into the mainstream conversation on order to operate these unmanned aircraft the u.s. needs military bases relatively close to the planned targets and it turns out the u.s. has had one in saudi arabia for about two years or where in saudi arabia that's still a mystery but chances are you had no idea it existed and that's because it's been somewhat of a secret apparent
under fire president obama's pick for cia director is on the hill today answering tough questions on everything from a kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at yon brennan's record. setting south of the border the u.s. is spending tens of billions of dollars on the war on drugs and that battle is now being fought all over latin america will break down the cost of these missions and ask if they are really accomplishing anything. it's thursday february seventh five pm here in...